Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-07
A Prospective Critic.

M. Edior 1t is said that lightning sci
dom strikes twice in the same place but |
learn from your columns that Leonard
Brown is about 10 publish a supplement TO
his unique history Of Nottingham which
was issued from the press in August, 1886
The notice Of his forthcoming publication
is as follows
Leonard Brown win soon publish well writ
ten and interesting supplement Of his history Of
Nottingham, ably discussing the question Of the
organization OF the town, and closely criticising
many statements made by Hon. CLARK JillsOn in
his address delivered at the centennial celebration
OF the town In issO.N
Nearly one-tenth Of his history is devoted
to a vindictive but aimless attack upon my
centennial address, 1t is now said that in
this supplement Mr. Brown proposes TO
Closely criticise many of the statements
| made on that occasion. His prowess as IA
critic not having been publicly developed,
no one can, with certainty, forecast the
danger Of being too near when he explodes
his sarcastic she'll
This supplement is said to be well written
and interesting. The intellectual brow of
Mr.. Brown will be surely decorated with a
halo of undying splendor if it is more in
teresting than the original history. Proba-
bly, the author Of this supplement will not
spend much of his electrified energy in try
ing to show the good people of Nottingham,
who have never seen them before, the beau
ties of this great work-its eloquent pas
sages, its oratorical grandeur its consum-
mate accuracy, or wherein it impresses the
mind Of the reader with the fact that
great historian, in his thirst for revenge,
has solemnly assembled the altar of Billings
gate, while seeking to palm himself off as "A
critic. Fearing that this scene in the drama
may be omitted | will briefly show wherein
the people of Nottingham must admit that
Mr.. Browns history is not only interesting
but graphic
This history will carry both these attri-
butes TO the heart of the Green family,
where it states on page Ia that Hannah
was born Dec IA, 1891, and died Aug 20,
1884, ~ years before she was born.
The Waste family will be interested to
read in this great work, on page 1854, that
Amelia was born May 3, 1854, and married
Diodorus Sawyer September, lS47, seven
years before she was born. Ebenezer Waste
was born October 90 1901, and married
Rebecca Fuller in 1921 Mr.. Brown SAYS
that Rebecca Fuller Waste, wife of Eben-
ezer, died June 2G 1925, % years before
she was married, - years before her hus-
band was born, and 90 wears before her eld-
est child was born. Lydia, first child Of
Ebenczer and Rebccca Waste. was born
June 20, lS22 and Mr.. Brown SAYS the sec
ond child Amelia, was born % years after
that.
Aaron Chase was born Nov. ,, 1901, and
critic Brown says on page l15 that he mar
ried Lucy Corkins, Oct. ~, l126, Is years
before he was born and that he married
Esther Scott for his second wife, May 10,
1852, 1876 years after he married Lucy Cor
kins.
a few typographical errors in history
like Mr.. Browns would readily be over
looked, but his entire book fairly bris-
ties with blunders, typographical, statisti
cal and grammatical This embryo critic
SAYS that Amos Green held the office of
town clerk from 1881 to 1852. The dura-
ton Of time from one year TO the other
might be only a minute but Mr.. Green did
not hold that Office in either Of those years.
| lie says Ehphalet Hyde held the office of
selectman two years previous TO 1900, but
this is not true. He says John Wolcott was
selectman in 1910. but no man by that
name ever held that office in Nottingham
1t hardly seems possible that this raging
critic, in his 50-page supplement, can find
room 10 satisfy his readers that the printer
made all these mistakes, aud that he sim
| ply forgot something about the organlza
| ton Of the town, and still reserve sufficient
space wherein to judiciously menace the
| phantom of 1880. | sincerely pray that
this stupendous pessimist may so conduct
| his critical efforts as not to become alarmed
at his own shadow, nor so dazed but what
he can read the motto suggested by his owl
blunders, Physician, heal myself"
CLARK JILI.soN.
| Worcester Mass Sent 10 1887